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The Boxer

Simon & Garfunkel

C

I am just a poor boy

	Am
Though my story's seldom	told

	G
I have	squandered my resistance

	G7	C
For a	pocketful of mumbles such are	promises

	Am
All lies and	jest

	G	F
Still a	man hears what he	wants to hear

	C	G	F	Em7	C
And disregards the	rest,	hm	hm	hm

C

When I left my home and my family

	Am
I was no more than a	boy

	G
In the	company of strangers

	G7	C
In the	quiet of a railway station	running scared

	Am	G	F
Laying	low, seeking	out the poorer	quarters

	C
Where the ragged people	go

	G	F	Em7	C
Looking	for the places	only	they would	know

	Am	G	Am
Lie la	lie lie la	lie la lie la lie lie la	lie

	G	F	C
lie la	lie la lie la	lie la la la la	lie

C

Asking only workman′s wages

	Am
I come looking for a	job

	G
But I get no	offers

	G7	C
Just a	come-on from the whores on Seventh	Avenue

	Am	G	F
I do de	clare there were	times when I was	so lonesome

	C	G7
I took some comfort	there

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	Am	G	Am
Lie la	lie lie la	lie la lie la lie lie la	lie

	G	F	C
lie la	lie la lie la	lie la la la la	lie

C

Now the years are rolling by me

	Am
They are rocking	evenly

	G
I am older than I	once was

	G7	C
And	younger than I'll be,	that's not unusual

	Am	G	F
It isn′t	strange after	changes upon	changes

	C
We are more or less the	same

	G	F	Em7	C
After	changes we are	more or	less the	same

C

Then I′m laying out my winter clothes

	Am	G
And wishing I was	gone, going	home

	G7	C
Where the	New York City winters aren't	bleeding me

	Hm	em	am
Leading	me,	going home

C

In the clearing stands a boxer

	Am
And a fighter by his	trade

	G
And he	carries the reminders

	G7
Of	every glove that laid him down

	C
And	cut him ′til he cried out

	Am
In his anger and his	shame

	G7	F
"I am	leaving, I am	leaving"

	C	C	G	F	Em7	C
But the	fighter still re	mains,	hm	hm	hm

	Am	G	Am
Lie la	lie lie la	lie la lie la lie lie la	lie

	G	F	C
lie la	lie la lie la	lie la la la la	lie